OMAN 
All records are accepted hy Oman 
Bird Records Committee. 
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps 
cristatus Khawr Rouri, 25 January 
- 3 March. Fifth record. H&J 
Eriksen, W F Simpson. 
Black-bellied Storm-Petrel 
Fregata tropica two, off Saqirah, 
14 June 1993. Third record. A P 
Benson. 
Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel 
male, Masirah, 5 - 8 July 1993. 
Second record. C M Greaves. 
African Spoonbill Platalea alba 
Khawr Rouri, 25 January - 26 
May. Second record. H & f 
Eriksen, M&B Simpson. 
Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser 
erythropus first year, Khawr 
Sawli, 18 November 1993 - 10 
January. First record. A B/omrffl/i/, 
I J A Brown, C M Greaves. 
Lesser Moorhen Gallinula angulata 
Hilf, Masirah, 7-9 November 
1991. First record. / Bryan, C M 
Greaves. 
Painted Snipe Rostrulata 
henghalensis Masirah, 14 October 
- 5 November 1993. Fourth 
record. / Bryan, C M Greaves, 
DJGFoster. 
Great Stone Plover Esacus 
recurvirostris Shnass, 12 
November 1993. Third record. A 
Blomdahl et al. 
Long-billed Dowitcher 
Limnodromus scolopaceus Khawr 
Mughsayl, 20 November & 9 
December 1993. Second record. 
A Blomdahl, MAL Cummins et al. 
White-eyed Gull Larus 
leucopthalmus one Raysut, 9 
September 1992 and two, 30 
September 1993. Sixth and 
seventh records. IJABrown. 
Black-shouldered Kite Elanus 
caeruleus Al Ansab lagoons, 30 
July 1993; Sun Farms, Sohar, 11 
November 1993. Second and 
third records. D ] G Foster, A 
Blomdahl et ah 
Black Vulture Aegypius monachus 
Sunub dump, 20 - 24 November 
1993. Second record. H Eriksen, 
A Blomdahl et al. 
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni 150, 
Sun Farms, Sohar, 15 April. 
Largest numbers ever recorded 
(cf. UAE). H&J Eriksen. 
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